Myth #4: "We will be $1.6 billion in debt by 2024."
Yesterday, we covered how cancelling ION would result in an additional half a billion dollars’ road costs, straining regional taxpayers
Myth #3: "Cancelling LRT will lower your taxes."
Earlier this week, we explained how regional taxpayers would pay more in cancellation than finishing construction, and how LRT operation
TriTAG calls on Aissa to disclose transit plan
Municipal candidates opposed to ION light rail asked to provide details on what they would build instead
The Tri-Cities Transport
Myth 2 Cost Estimate methodology
In debunking Myth 2, we estimated the cost of running bus service to equal ION’s ridership in 2017 to
Myth #2: "LRT will cost more to operate than buses"
Yesterday, we showed how ION construction will be cheaper to finish than to cancel. Today, we’ll talk about operating
Myth #1: "We can save money by cancelling LRT"
ION opponents claim that we can still save money by cancelling the project now. But there’s no getting around
Mythbusting the election: A week-long series
Monday: Myth #1 "We can save money by cancelling LRT"
Tuesday: Myth #2 "LRT will be more
ION progress update report
Find our election survey for Waterloo Region, Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo candidates at tritag.ca/election2014
The Tri-cities Transport Action
Stop design and network legibility
Recently, we looked at transit stop design for ION through the lens of branding. Today, we'd like to
Weekend reading
Two articles caught our attention this week that we thought worth sharing.
How Design Can Help Build a 'Transit